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description: Create a real-time segment that completes on demand in milliseconds. To make the segment available in your real-time data graph, add the Segment ID and Timestamp fields from the segment membership DMO object to the real-time data graph. You can’t use a real-time segment with exclusion criteria and nested batch segments. You also can't use segment counts and manual publish with a real-time segment.
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# Create a Real-Time Segment

Create a real-time segment that completes on demand in milliseconds. To make the segment available in your real-time data graph, add the Segment ID and Timestamp fields from the segment membership DMO object to the real-time data graph. You can’t use a real-time segment with exclusion criteria and nested batch segments. You also can't use segment counts and manual publish with a real-time segment.

### Required Editions

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1. In Data 360, click **Segments**.
2. Click **New**.
3. Select **Use a Visual Builder**.
4. Select **Real-Time Segment**, and click **Next**.
5. Enter the segment details.
    1. Select a data space.
    2. Give your segment a unique name that’s easily identifiable.
    3. Select the real-time data graph to build the segment on.
6. Click **Save**.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Create a Data Graph](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_create_a_data_graph.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before creating a data graph in Data 360, decide which existing data model object (DMO) to use as the primary DMO. The primary DMO determines which related objects you can include in the data graph.")